HAINES ROADRelax and enjoy this modern road that leads from the highest mountains in Canada to the ocean port of Haines, Alaska on the Lynn Canal.

The Haines Road route follows a traditional First Nation overland trail from Klukshu Village to Goat Creek, British Columbia. The Tatshenshini and Alsek rivers were traditional travel routes for the interior Southern Tutchone and coastal Tlingit people but a system of trails also connected the villages along the rivers. North of Klukshu, a major First Nation trail veered to the east of Dezadeash Lake and followed the Dezadeash River.

Jack Dalton used and improved traditional First Nation routes in the 1890s as part of his pack train trail into the interior. During the Klondike Gold Rush, cattle were driven along this trail that ended at the Yukon River near present day Carmacks.

The Haines Road was constructed during World War II as a project associated with the construction of the Alaska Highway. The narrow gauge White Pass & Yukon Route railway was working full time and another supply line was needed. United States Army Engineers started to build the road south from Haines Junction in March 1943 and they linked up with the Public Roads Administration contractors on August 1st near the Chilkat Pass.

The Shakwak Agreement (1977) with the United States has provided Canada with funding to complete a reconstruction of the Haines Road (1980s) and the Alaska Highway north of Haines Junction (ongoing).

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